Gloria Vanderbilt obituary

American socialite, fashion designer and writer who was the original ‘poor little rich girl’

Rabbi David Goldberg obituary

Other lives: Respected congregational rabbi at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, in St John’s Wood, London

Other lives: Businessman, poet, academic and media commentator

Writer of crime fiction and respected reviewer of the genre

Military historian best known for his Forgotten Voices series which kickstarted a fascination with oral history

Reproductive biologist and author of popular science and science fiction books best known for the series The Science of Discworld

One of Sweden’s most important and controversial postwar writers who aimed his fire at European imperialism

Kenyan writer and LGBT activist who made a revolutionary impact on literature from and about the African continent

The author and illustrator best known for the classic children’s book The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Journalist, naval historian and chief foreign leader writer on the Guardian

Author of The Caine Mutiny and The Winds of War who championed traditional Jewish values and American patriotism

Guardian journalist and literary editor with a lifelong commitment to leftwing politics, choral singing and nuclear disarmament

Other lives: Librarian who transformed Chetham’s Library in Manchester into an internationally recognised institution

Founder of L’Arche communities for adults with learning disabilities

Other lives: Environmental journalist and author